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八卦

bā guà

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

八卦 (bā guà) means "the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 八卦 means

1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes {易经|Yì jīng}
2. gossip
3. gossipy

The characters in 八卦

• 八bāeight
• 卦guàdivinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经…

Words starting with 八卦

• 八卦山Bā guà ShānBagua Mountain, Taiwan
• 八卦拳bā guà quánbaguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
• 八卦掌bā guà zhǎngbaguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
• 八卦阵bā guà zhèneight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics

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